Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

J. GONDE.

BOTTLE STOPPBR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

JOSEPH CONDE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,360, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed September 2, 1903. Serial No. 171,685. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH CoNDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

One object of the present invention is to provide a neat, attractive, comparatively inexpensive, and efficient closure for bottles or vials.for example, such as are used for pellets, pills, and the like.

Another object of the invention is to so construct and arrange the closure as that it may be easily and conveniently opened and closed, while forming in use a tight joint.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention, stated in general terms, comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which Figure l is a view principally in central section illustrating a closure embodying features of the invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional view drawn to an enlarged scale and illustrating a stopper, and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the stopper.

In the drawings, 1 is a bottle or vial having a shouldered neck 2.

3 is acork of the general form of an inverted conic frustum and having its lower portion adapted to fit within and tightly close the cylindrical neck 2 of the bottle.-

4 is a cylindrical cup-shaped cap flat at its top and having its rim cylindrical and provided with scallops 5, which may be rounded at their ends.

The cork 3 is inserted in the cap and held therein and against the top thereof by reason of the fact that its upper'portion is tightly fitted. The scallops 5 extend somewhat below or substantially flush with the bottom of the cork 3.

In use the cork is fitted into the cylindrical neck 2, and its bottom lies substantially flush with the shouldered portion thereof. The

scallops lie outside of and engage the cylindrical neck and lie substantially flush with the external wall of the bottle, thus presenting a neat appearance. The neck 2 by extending into the V-shaped annular space between the cork and the cap above the scallops is sealed both internally by the cork and externally by the cap. By slightly curving the ends of the scallops outward the application of the stopper is facilitated, and the stopper may be readily Withdrawn by taking hold of the upper part of the cap and pulling it out of the neck of the bottle.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention'appertains that modifications may be made in detail without departing from the spirit thereof. Hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings a but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A'stopper comprising acup-shaped cap having aflat top and acylindrical wall terminating in outwardly-curved scallops, and a cork of the form of an inverted conic frustum having its upper rim portion held in the upper rim portion of the cap whereby there is formed a V-shaped groove adapted to engage both the inside and outside of necks of various sizes and the lower portion of the cork substantially flush with the ends of said seallops, substantially as set forth.

2. A stopper comprising a cup-shaped cap having top and cylindrical walls and a cor-k of the form of an inverted conic frustum having its top rim portion held in contact with the union of the top and cylindrical walls and having its lower portion inclined inward from such union to provide a V-shaped annular groove adapted to engage both the inside and outside of neck-walls of various thicknesses, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name.

JOSEPH CONDE.

In presence of W. J. JACKSON, K. M. GILLIGAN. 

